YM/YW PRESIDENCIES
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Register the youth for trek. Most youth
will register at the kickoff fireside. For youth that do not register at the
fireside, collect registration forms and provide them to Nathan and Polly
Anderson at pollyluvsnathan@gmail.com.
Also notify Polly or Nathan Anderson of any special needs of the youth in your
ward, ie. Medical needs, food allergies, disabilities and if any youth should
not be in the same family with a specific person.
2. Help the youth make or get pioneer
clothing. Also help the youth get all the equipment for the trek. It may be
necessary to make bonnets and skirts for a mutual activity. The ward budget
should pay for the material. Notify your bishop if any youth need financial
help getting clothing and equipment. Try Goodwill and Savers for clothing.
3. Collect letters from the parents in your
ward. Each youth needs at least one letter from their parents. This will
not be easy, but it is critical each youth has a letter delivered from the Pony
Express. The youth will read these letters during personal time on the last
morning of trek. You must get a hard copy of the letter, in an envelope with
the full name of the young man/woman it is to be delivered to. Once you have
the letters, deliver them to Polly Anderson at 10340 Vendaval Ave. NW. If a
parent or family member does not write a letter for a young man or woman, you
must write a letter or ask someone else who knows the young man or young woman
to write the letter. The letters should be expressions of love and faith to the
youth. The letters are due to Polly Anderson on May 31, 2017.
4. Plan mutual activities to help youth
prepare physically and spiritually for trek. Hike the volcanoes or La Luz
Trail. Encourage youth to exercise and to read the preparation booklet. Watch
the movie 17 Miracles or other church produced materials. Do genealogy. Make
pioneer clothing. Have youth and leaders share stories of their pioneer
ancestors, including family members who first joined the church.
5. Schedule one mutual night in March, April
or May with Rhonda Sego as instructor to have a dance class. One evening on the trek there will be a dance
with traditional line dances. We want to
teach the youth this beforehand. We need
one mutual night to do this.
6. Encourage
the youth to attend the trek kickoff fireside. This fireside will provide youth,
parents and leaders with the important details from trek.
7.
Refer
to trek2017.blogspot.com for updated Trek information. We will have forms, itineraries, clothing
patterns and other announcements on this blog, updated regularly starting in
January. Please direct the youth and
their parents to this blog and refer to it yourself.
